2009 Ford Escape Fuel System Problems

Fuel tank leaks from seam or seal on side of tank

3/28/2021 MILEAGE 138141, 1 DAY AFTER FILLING TANK NOTICED STRONG ORDER OF GASOLINE COMING FROM UNDER CAR AND GASOLINE LEAKING OUT OF TOP OF TANK WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. TRACKED SOURCE OF LEAK TO A 1 INCH CRACK IN TOP OF TANK ABOUT 2 INCHES FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT OF THE FUEL PUMP WHERE THE TANK HEIGHT CHANGES AND GETS TALLER, APPEARS TO BE STRESS CRACK. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODES PRESENT. THIS YEAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A STEEL TANK NOT PLASTIC. REPLACEMENT TANK DISCONTINUED BY FORD, SOURCED AFTERMARKET REPLACEMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF A FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEAK CAME FROM THE SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP THE CURB AND SIDE SWIPE A BRICK COLUMN BEFORE HITTING A BENCH BY THEN I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION STOPPING THE CAR. CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND THE PROPERTY

WHEN PUSHING THROTTLE, ENGINE HESITATES. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALER BEFORE, BUT THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I SUSPECT THROTTLE BODY BUT NOW NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH UNDER RECALL. I BELIEVE TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. 48000 MILES.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK IN A BUSY INTERSECTION THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE BUT NOT THE POWER CAR CAME TO A STOP SHUT OFF CAR AND IT STARTED BUT WAS RIDING ROUGH. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES ON MY WAY HOME . WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. MY BROTHER WHO HAS BEEN A CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOR THIRTY YEAS DIAGNOSED THE CAR AND IT SAID THROTTLE BODY VALVE STUCK OPEN.I DID NOT GET HURT BUT IF I HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY OR IN FASTER TRAFFIC I COULD HAVE. I THINK OTHERS SHOULD BE WARNED. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM MONACO FORD IN GLASTONBURY WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR THE AND MY ADDRESS IS THE SAME AS WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW. MY BROTHER IS REPLACING THE PART FOR ME . *TR

INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE/STALLING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AS WELL AS HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING AT ALL SPEEDS. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN ISSUE FIRST PRESENTED LAST YEAR; SYMPTOMS PERSIST WITHOUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT; INDEPENDENT MECHANIC UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE/REPRODUCE ISSUE. ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS WITHOUT RESOLUTION.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING AT INTERSECTION. VERY DANGEROUS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON CODE P2112. ISSUE HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND CAR STARTS AGAIN AFTER STALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL PUMP NOZZLE WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK FUEL AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHAMALEY FORD (11301 GATEWAY BLVD W, EL PASO, TX 79936, (915) 591-8600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL HOSE FOR THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL VALVE REMAINED OPENED AND EVAPORATED. THE DEALER (COMMERCIAL MOTOR COMPANY, 160 S COMMERCIAL ST, ARANSAS PASS, TX 78336) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL ODOR WOULD NOT AFFECT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,897.

THE 2010 TO 2012 HAS A RECALL INVOLVING THE FUEL SYSTEM LEAKING. MY VEHICLE IS ALSO LEAKING FUEL EVERY TIME THE TANK IS FILLED (NO, WE DO NOT "TOP OFF"), AND THE FUMES ARE NOTICEABLE IN AND OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE APPROXIMATELY 90,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL VALVE REMAINED OPENED AND EVAPORATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT OBSERVED A LEAK FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FROM THE UPPER FUEL TANK WHERE THERE WAS A FRACTURE. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 192,000.

PURCHASED USED 2009 ESCAPE IN APRIL 2016. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND GAS LEAKS OVER TIRE WELL WHEN THE TANK IS FILLED ALL THE WAY. TOOK IT IN AND UPON SMOKE TEST DEALERSHIP STATED THE TOP OF THE TANK IS RUSTED WITH PINHOLES. TRYING TO CHARGE ME $1600 TO REPAIR WITH THE FILLER PIECE. NOT DISCLAIMED UPON PURCHASE. CAR WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO PURCHASE.

GAS TANK. LOTS OF CORROSION WHERE FILLER NECK CONNECTS TO THE GAS TANK. WHEN GAS TANK IS FULL GAS LEAKS FROM THE CORROSION POINT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE WHEN I NOTICED A STRONG GAS ODOR. I MOVED THE VEHICLE TO THE DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED A WET SPOT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR THAT REEKED OF GAS. THE SPOT CORRESPONDS TO THE AREA BELOW THE GAS TANK FILLER. I'M CONCERNED THE LEAKING GAS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND ALSO CONCERNED THE LEAKING GAS MAY IGNITE CAUSING A FIRE AND POSSIBLE EXPLOSION. HELP!!!

MY FORD ESCAPE HAS INTERMITTENT STALLING OR SEEMS LIKE LOSS OF POWER, CAR WILL STAY ON BUT SEEM LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. IF TRYING TO GIVE IT GAS IT DOES NOT RESPOND. ONCE TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN IT WORKS LIKE NORMAL UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. IT CAN HAPPEN AT TAKE OFF OR WHILE ON THE FREEWAY GOING WITH THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC ALL OF A SUDDEN. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING BUT AS TIME HAS PASSED IT HAS BECOME MORE REGULAR AND NOW I AM HAVING TO GET IT REPAIRED.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING FUEL SINCE FEB. 2016 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I'VE REPLACED THE EVAP. CANISTER DUE TO THE LEAK, THE SEAL WITH IT AS WELL, AND THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE. ALL THIS WORK WAS DONE AT 2 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS. I WAS STILL LEAKING FUEL AND WROTE TO FORD WHO TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD FIX IT GRATIS. AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE GASKET GOING INTO THE TANK AND THAT "SHOULD" TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T. GAS FUMES STILL FILLED MY CAR, AND LEAKED GAS ALL OVER THE GROUND WHEREVER I DROVE OR PARKED. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM I WAS STILL LEAKING FUEL, BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT AS IN THE LAST VISIT. THEY COULD SMELL IT AND SEE IT HAD SOAKED THE REAR END OF MY VEHICLE. THIS TIME THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE IS A PLASTIC RING AROUND THE TOP OF THE TANK THAT WAS CRACKED AND I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TANK AND SYSTEM FOR APPROXIMATELY $1000 ADDITIONAL ON TOP OF WHAT I HAD ALREADY REPLACED. I ASKED HIM HOW ALL THESE MECHANICS COULD MISS THIS?? AND HOW CAN IT CRACK IF IT'S SO TIGHT IN THERE UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR IS THERE A DESIGN FLAW, OR A FAILURE OF THE PART ITSELF BECAUSE OF SOME PROBLEM IN MANUFACTURING. THE CAR LEAKS WHILE PARKED, IN MOTION, AND FILLS WITH GAS FUMES. I AM TERRIFIED I MAY HIT A POT HOLE AND BLOW UP. MYSELF I DON'T MIND, BUT I HAVE MY 2YO GRANDSON WITH ME AND THAT IS JUST SCARY AS ALL GET OUT. AND THERE IS NO ENGINE LIGHT THAT COMES ON FOR THIS. HE TELLS ME THE PART SEALS AS THE SYSTEM COMPRESSES WHEN STARTING AND THE GAS EXPANDS WITH HEAT THAT'S WHY THE OVERFLOW.THAT MAY EXPLAIN SOME, BUT I LOSE A TANK OF GAS EVERY 2-4 DAYS. IF THE BREAK IS AT THE TOP HOW IS THE GAS LEAVING MY TANK IN SUCH EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNTS? AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SERVICED THAT CAR WERE FORD "MECHANICS".COMPUTER ILLITERATE FOR UPLOADS, BUT I HAVE DOCUMENTATION& PICS

I HAD MY EVAP CANISTER LEAK WHICH I PAID TO HAVE REPLACED APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES AGO ON THIS VEHICLE DUE TO A GAS LEAK. NOW I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE SEAL BECAUSE IT IS LEAKING FUEL AROUND THIS EVAP CANISTER AND IT'S A "CLOSED" SYSTEM. THEY CLAIM THE SEAL BLEW BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM WHEN THEY PUT IN THE NEW EVAP CANISTER. THEY OFFERED TO DO THIS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $178.60 AT FORD'S QUICK LANE SERVICE. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE EVAP CANISTER WHY DIDN'T THEY REDO THE SEAL THEN? THEY CLAIM IT DIDN'T SHOW ON THE CODES IN THE COMPUTER. YET THE GAS SMELL NEVER WENT AWAY AND I FOUND GAS UNDER MY VEHICLE EVERYDAY FROM BEFORE AND SINCE THE "REPAIR" OF THE EVAP CANISTER. I WAS AWAY AND WHEN I RETURNED I CALLED THEM AND TOOK IT IN AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS GIVEN THIS INFORMATION. THEY ALSO TELL ME OTHER INTERNAL SEALS CAN ALSO GO WHEN THEY CHANGE THIS EVAP CANISTER. I GET THE "PRIVILEGE" OF PAYING THEM EACH TIME THEY DO A REPAIR TWICE! ONE FOR WHATEVER THEY REPLACED THE EVAP CANISTER WHICH THEY SWEAR WAS THE ONLY PROBLEM AND THEN WHEN IT DIDN'T RESEAL THE SYSTEM THE SEAL BLEW. I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THEY COULDN'T HAVE SEEN OR KNOWN ABOUT THIS SEAL FROM THIS HAPPENING BEFORE. AND EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T OR COULDN'T, WHY WASN'T THE SEAL REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION TO THEIR SEALED SYSTEM. MY VEHICLE IS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE, AND IT HAS BEEN IN THEIR SHOP FOR MORE REPAIRS THAN I CARE TO REMEMBER. EVERY TIME THEY FIX ONE PROBLEM ANOTHER ONE MIRACULOUSLY APPEARS WITHIN 100 MILES OR SO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A VAPOR LEAK FROM THE FUEL TANK THAT EVAPORATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED....UPDATED 02/03/16 *BF ..UPDATED 03/15/16 *BF UPDATED 12/12/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS RUSTED. IN ADDITION, IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.

THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IDLE DURING DRIVING MODE. THE VEHICLE WOULD "LIMP ALONG" WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE TO PRESSING DOWN THE ACCELERATOR. TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN STARTING IT AGAIN WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE UNTIL IT OCCURRED AGAIN.

CAR SPUTTERED OUT AS I PULLED INTO TRAFFIC.

THE FIRST TWO TIMES THE PROBLEM HAPPENED WERE IMMEDIATELY AFTER BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, GOING TO WORK. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND ACCELERATED. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE CAR LOST POWER AND SLOWED--PUTTED ALONG AS IF IT WERE RUNNING ON 2 CYLINDERS. I STOPPED, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED PERHAPS 20-30 SECONDS, THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THEN ENGINE THEN RAN FINE, AND I CONTINUTED ON MY WAY. YESTERDAY, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STRUCK 3 TIMES AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. EACH TIME, I TRIED THE ABOVE RESPONSE, AND IT WORKED--FOR A SHORT TIME. I LIVE ABOUT 4 MILES FROM WORK, AND THE PROBLEM AROSE 3 TIMES IN THE APPROX. 15 MINUTES IT TAKES TO DRIVE HOME. MY WIFE MENTIONED THAT THE PROBLEM STRUCK WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE DAY BEFORE.

I DRIVE A 2009 FORD ESCAPE WHICH HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. IN MARCH OF 2015 I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT PUDDLES OF GASOLINE WERE APPEARING UNDER MY VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD RUSTED THROUGH AND WAS LEAKING. THIS IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARDS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON A VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY FOR ONE THAT IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. FORD SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE MEASURES IN PLACE TO PREVENT RUST ON SUCH A CRUCIAL PART OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

FORD ESCAPE- PROBLEM WITH "CHECK FUEL INLET" LIGHT AND "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. I TOOK MY CAR (ORIGINAL OWNER) IN THE FIRST TIME AND PAID CLOSE TO $500 TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK RUN TO "FIX" THE ISSUE, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM REOCCUR DAYS LATER. THE "CHECK FUEL INLET" LIGHT USUALLY COMES AND GOES, BUT RECENTLY HAS REMAINED STEADY. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND ANY ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WILL BE OUT OF MY POCKET. I GOGGLED " FORD CHECK FUEL INLET" AND FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. EVERYONE KEEPS TAKING THEIR FORD ESCAPE IN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED, ONLY TO FIND THE LIGHT RETURNS LATER AND THEY ARE PAYING ADDITIONAL FEES FOR MORE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIRS. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD MOTOR CO. ABOUT MY CONCERN, THE MAN SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO EXCEPT MAKE RECORD OF MY COMPLAINT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH THE CAR LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO COAST TO A STOP EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDDLE TO THE FLOOR. *TR

DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, BATTERY LIGHT, AND OIL LIGHT ALL BLINKED AFTER WHICH ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD PLACED IN PARK AGAIN TRIED TO REV ENGINE NOTHING HAPPENED. TURNED CAR OFF THEN TURNED BACK ON AND CAR RAN AS USUAL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON TAKING TO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

GOING TO LEFT TURN LANE. NO RESPONSE FROM ACCELERATOR. ENGINE STILL RUNNING. SWITCHED OF, THEN SWITCHED BACK ON.CAR RUNNING AGAIN. GOT HOME, IT SWITCHED OF AGAIN.THEN SAME AS 1ST TIME. *TR

WAS DRIVING THEN FELT "BACK FIRE" THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE AT ALL. NEVER LOST CONTROL JUST HIT BRAKES TO TURN ON ROAD AND PULL OVER. TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND REVVED THE ENGINE. WENT ANOTHER MILE AND IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE I HAD GOTTEN BAD GAS BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. TAKING IT TOO DEALERSHIP FRIDAY JUNE 6TH. *TR

I WAS ON HOV LANE ON LIE DRIVING TO MY PARENTS. AS I WAS COMING OFF TO REG LANE, MY ENGINE STALLED. FORTUNATELY, THE OTHER CAR WAS FAR AWAY ABLE TO STOP. I CHANGED GEAR INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE CAR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND TRUCK HAD A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. DID NOT STALL AND WE CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES ONCE AND OTHER TIMES MULTIPLE TIMES. GEAR AND SPEED DO NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. ON TWO OF THE WORST CASES THE POWER TRAIN / THROTTLE CONTROL "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT OF COURSE AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND STARTING IT BACK UP AND DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP, THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. NOTHING WAS FOUND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN. THE SECOND TIME I PRESSED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY CAME BACK WITH OVER $975.00 WORTH OF NEEDED REPLACEMENT PARTS (THROTTLE BODY, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, FUEL INJECTOR FLUSH AND SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT @ 56,000 MILES. *TR

WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND WOULD NOT STOP, DESPITE MY FRANTIC EFFORTS TO BRAKE THE CAR; I SWERVED TO MY RIGHT, WENT THROUGH 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASS CURB AND THEN WENT UP A 5 FT. ICE BANK, WHERE MY WHEELS JAMMED IN THE ICE AND I STOPPED, SITTING AT NEARLY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, 5 FT. ABOVE THE ROAD. MY FRONT BUMPER WAS MANGLED IN THE ICE BANK AND MY PASSENGER-SIDE MIRROR WAS BROKEN OFF BY A STOP SIGN. IF NOT FOR THE SNOW BANK, I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED INTO THE VERY BUSY INTERSECTION, WHERE I AND OTHER DRIVERS WOULD HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT DESPITE HITTING THE BRAKE, THE CAR WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEM, DID NOT STOP, IT KEPT GOING UNTIL HITTING THE SNOW-ICE BANK. *TR

I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEP 2010. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I WAS STOPPED OR MADE A TURN COASTING SLOWLY, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE DID NOT KICK IN FOR A SECOND OR TWO. WHEN IT DID IT JERKED HARD AND FELT LIKE IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE DEALER COULD NEVER ID THE PROBLEM AND PUT IT OFF AS NORMAL. THEN VERY RECENTLY I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. IT KEEPS THE RPM'S AT AN IDLING LEVEL BUT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL-LIKE YOU PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. WHEN I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT APPEARS TO SELF CORRECT. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING SLOWLY ONCE AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS AT A STOP AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN TO A DEALER YET. *TR

CAR LOST POWER. PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD, ENGINE WOULD IDLE ONLY. THROTTLE BODY HAD GONE BAD. *TR

THIS WAS THE THIRD INCIDENT, VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING FOR NO APPARENT REASON, WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATES... POWER LOST IN ENGINE. AFTER STOP, ENGINE SOMETIMES STARTS, SOMETIMES REQUIRES LONGER WAIT TIME TO START... VEHICLE STILL UNDER 5 YEAR 50 K WARRANTY, TAKEN TO FORD DEALERSHIP.... THEY WANT $ 440 TO FIX THE PROBLEM.... BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION IN AN INTERSECTION GOING ABOUT 15 MPH. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SLOW AND ROUGH. THE THROTTLE HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE SPEED. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF ROUGH IDLING, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND I WAS THEN ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN FAULT WITH THE FORD ESCAPE AND COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE ESCAPE. *TR

TRAVELING AT APPROX 5-10 MILES AN HOUR. PULLING OUT OF STOP SIGN. VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING FELT LIKE IT STALLED. COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO CURB AND PUT IN PARK. A WARNING LIGHT ON DASHBOARD SHOWED A YELLOW WRENCH. I TURNED CAR OFF. WAITED 30 SECONDS. STARTED AND LIGHT WAS OFF, CAR NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALER. DIAGNOSTIC CODE SAID ELECTRONIC THROTTLE. DID NOT HAVE FIXED IMMEDIATELY. NEXT DAY DID IT TWO TIMES IN LESS THAN FIVE MILES. NOW ENGINE LIGHT ON SECOND TIME OF OCCURRENCE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE. COULD BE ON HIGHWAY. COULD PULL OUT IN FRONT OF ON COMING CARS AND IT STALLS. GET BROADSIDED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON MONDAY 11/18/13 MY WIFE WAS STOPPING THEN WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPON TURNING IT OFF IT RESTARTED JUST FINE. THIS HAPPEN 3 MORE TIMES FROM THEN TO TUESDAY EVENING. I DROVE IT TO WORK WEDNESDAY 11/20/13 AND WHILE ACCELERATING ON TO HWY 94 THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT DID HESITATE UPON RESTARTING BUT STARTED AND RAN. WEDNESDAY EVENING ON OUR WAY HOME DOING APPROX 30MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND AGAIN HESITATED TO START BUT DID AND RAN OK. THURSDAY MORNING 11/21/13 WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS AT CRUISING SPEED DOING APPROX 60MPH ON HWY 94 THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT HESITATED TO RESTART AGAIN BUT STARTED AFTER LEAVING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

WAS PULLING OUT OF GAS STATION TO MERGE ONTO BUSY STREET, CAR BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD UPON ACCELERATION THEN LOST ALL RESPONSE AND LURCHED INTO ROAD STOPPING THERE. ENGINE SHUT OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ATTEMPTED TO RESTART VEHICLE, CAR WOULD REV BUT NOT RESPOND WITH ANY ACCELERATION. DURING THIS TIME INCREDIBLY LOUD HARSH SHIFTING OCCURRED , SOUNDED AS THOUGH TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF CAR. DEALERSHIP REPLACED DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY, CURRENTLY STILL INVESTIGATING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR

DRIVE SOUTH ON I-95 AT RUSH HOUR HEADING HOME. WITH NO WARNING ENGINE POWER JUST GOES AWAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSH THERE WAS NO POWER FROM ENGINE, HURRIED AS IT SLOWED DOWN TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT. SHUT OFF ENGINE FOR 5 MINUTES STARTED IT UP AND ALL WAS GOOD. 2ND TIME WAS LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE JUST FLUTTERED, SERVICE TECH STATED THAT THE CODES IN COMPUTER WERE THROTTLE ACTUATOR OPEN. *TR

I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY FOR MY VEHICLE ONCE BEFORE APPROXIMATELY IN AUGUST 2011. THE CAR WOULD STALL AND THEN TURN OFF. FUEL DIDN'T SEEM TO BE PASSING THRU WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND WHEN I WAS AT STOP LIGHTS. OFTEN TIMES, IT TURNED OFF AND I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE FOR IT TO TURN BACK ON. WHEN I WAS AT STOP LIGHTS AND THIS HAPPENED, I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS ON THE BRAKE AND THE GAS AT THE SAME TIME TO TRY TO AVOID THE CAR TURNING OFF. MY CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW WHEN IT WAS GOING TO STALL OR TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THIS FIXED. I AM NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN WITH THIS CAR. IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG AGO WHEN I HAD THIS FIXED. I KEEP CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS VEHICLE AND PART AND HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PART. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HAVE THE DEALER PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. *TR

INITIALLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A STALL. I LOST ALL POWER EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. I LOST POWER ABOUT 2 MORE TIMES ON A 20 MILE TRIP. THIS HAS SINCE HAPPENED DURING EVERY DRIVE ON VARIOUS DISTANCES. SOMETIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES FROM A STANDSTILL. *TR

ALL THE SUDDEN THE GAS PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN I PRESSED IT AND MY VEHICLE SLOWED TO A DANGEROUS SPEED FOR THE ROAD I WAS ON FORCING VEHICLES TO SWERVE AROUND TO MISS HITTING ME. THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY PULL OVER AND TURN MY VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT. AFTER RESTARTING IT THE GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO WORK FINE. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT NEEDED REPLACED. *TR

VEHICLE ENTERS LIMP MODE AND ALL POWER IS LOST, ENGINE STARTS TO STUTTER AND TACHOMETER JUMPS, WRENCH LIGHT (POWER-TRAIN) COMES ON. 3 TIMES IN 1 WEEK. MPH = 60, 45, 30. AVOIDED ACCIDENT AND PULLED OVER. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND BACK TO NORMAL. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODES STORED. DEALER STATES THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE UNLESS THEY CAN RECREATE THE PROBLEM. DANGER OF REAR ENDING, T-BONES UPON LEFT TURNS, AND INTERSECTION PILEUPS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT AROUND 50 MPH IT LOST ALL REACTION TO THE ACCELERATOR AND COASTED TO A STOP WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES, THEN STARTED IT AGAIN AND BEGAN TO DRIVE. WITHIN SECONDS THE VEHICLE REPEATED THE INCIDENT. I MANAGED TO GET IT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AFTER REPEATED STOPS AND RESTARTS OF THE ENGINE. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET THE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING HAD SLIGHT HILLS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WHEN THE CAR WENT TO DOWN SHIFT AND SPEED UP IS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THE LAST OCCURRENCE WAS ON 10-17-13 WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A FLAT ROAD. I HAD TO BRAKE FOR TRAFFIC WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE IS WHEN IT LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON A BUSY 4 LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST FUEL POWER AND BEGAN CREEPING DOWN THE ROAD AT LESS THAN 5 KM/H THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND IT WAS A FEW HUNDRED METERS TO THE NEAREST SIDE STREET, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE STREET WITHOUT GETTING STRUCK BY TRAFFIC MOVING 60 KM/H FASTER THAN I WAS, I THOUGHT THAT THE COMPUTER MAY HAVE HAD A ONE TIME FAILURE BUT THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 3 DAYS AFTER WITH MY YOUNG SON IN THE BACK SEAT. THAT WAS MONDAY OCT 14 2013, I AM SUPER MAD AT FORD FOR NOT RECALLING THIS THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM ALREADY IT SEEMS LIKE A CONSTANT POINT OF FAILURE AND IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THESE CARS WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BUCKED AND INSTANTANEOUSLY SLOWED DOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. AT THAT MOMENT WHEN THE VEHICLE BUCKED THE DASH INDICATOR (A WRENCH) CAME ON SHOWING THE PROBLEM BEING THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE, IN TRAFFIC WHEN I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO THE RIGHT AND COAST TO THE EXIT THAT WAS LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FROM THE INCIDENT. I PLACED IT INTO PARK AND IT SPUTTERED JUST PRIOR TO TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY. AFTER WAITING ABOUT 10 MINUTES I THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE DASH INDICATOR DID NOT COME ON, I THEREFORE PROCEEDED AND DROVE IT HOME. BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED LATE EVENING I WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTACT THE DEALER UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING IN THE CENTER LANE ON I-75 AT 65 MPH WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER. THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN BUT HAD NO ACCELERATION. THEIR WERE CARS BESIDE AND BEHIND ME. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT ACTED THE SAME. THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I DECIDED TO DRIVE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO MILES. I FINALLY GOT TO THE EXIT AND CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD BY SERVICE PEOPLE THEY HAD NO WAY OF GETTING THE VEHICLE TO THEIR SHOP AND WAS ALSO TOLD I COULD CALL OR THEY WOULD CALL FOR ME A TOW TRUCK. I CALLED SEVERAL PLACES AND FINALLY FOUND A PRIVATE GARAGE THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO COME AND PICK ME AND THE VEHICLE UP. THEY TOLD ME WHILE LOADING THE VEHICLE ON THE TOW TRUCK THAT THEY HAD THE EQUIPMENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND REPAIR IT. THEY CONTACTED ME AFTER CHECKING THE SYSTEM OUT AND STATED THAT THE DRIVE BY WIRE WAS BAD AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY NEEDED CLEANING. TO MADE A LONG STORY SHORT AFTER THE TOW BILL, PARTS AND LABOR TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE IT COST ME 747.38. I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE EXPENSES IF NOT ALL. THEY SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A RECALL AND CHECK THIS PART FOR MALFUNCTION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED FROM THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE EXPRESSWAY DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR DOING 70 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED. I HAD TO RISK MOVING OVER THREE LANES TO THE OFF RAMP WITHOUT HAVING POWER. I ROLLED UP THE EXIT RAMP AND PULLED SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR BUT NOTICED BOTH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SERVICE LIGHT WERE ON. THE CAR DIED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES BEFORE I GOT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THE SERVICE CODE WAS P2111 WHICH INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE. THIS WAS A TERRIBLE INCIDENT AND I WAS RELIEVED TO MAKE IT SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. *TR

PULLING OUT FROM A RED LIGHT CAR ACCELERATED TO 25 AND LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. COASTED TO A STOP.IN PASSING LANE. SHUT OFF, WAITED 30 SECONDS, AND RESTARTED TO DRIVE AWAY. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME IN PASSING LINE TRYING TO GO AROUND ME UNSAFELY. FORD DEALERSHIP TESTED AND SAID FAILED THROTTLE BODY. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THESE. COST $358.00. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT ON I-95 WHICH I TRAVEL OFTEN WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD AND THE ENGINE RANDOMLY DIED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH. ALL THE LIGHTS AND RADIO/ELECTRONICS REMAINED ON (NEVER LOST TIME OR PRESET RADIO STATIONS, HEADLIGHTS, DASH, ETC) BUT AS I TRIED TO GIVE IT SOME GAS, IT WOULDN'T RESPOND. WHEN I REALIZED THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE RPMS WERE AT 0 AND THE BATTERY LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT WAS ON. NO CODES THROWN OR CHECK ENGINE OR WRENCH LIGHT. AS I PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK, I ATTEMPTED TO START IT, AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. DIDN'T "COUGH" OR CRANK AND CRANK...FIRED JUST LIKE IT WAS BRAND NEW. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP AND THEY CHECKED NORMAL ISSUES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE ESCAPE TO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND DID NOT FIND ANYTHING. THEN I DID RESEARCH AND DETERMINED THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UPON THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS SAME ISSUE HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES, OF WHICH THE MOST RECENT WAS IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER. *TR

LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND/OR POWER. GAS PEDAL DID NOT RESPOND. AFTER A FEW SCARY MOMENTS WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD AN IDEA WHAT WAS WRONG BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH A PERSON WHO DESCRIBED A SIMILAR SITUATION THAT WAS DO TO A MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STARTED AND THE COMPUTER RESET ITSELF, AS WAS ALSO DESCRIBED, AND MADE IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHO MADE REPAIRS TO THE THROTTLE BODY. MY CONCERN IS THAT FORD IS VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN FOR SOMETIME BUT IS DOING NOTHING TO WARN CONSUMERS OF THE POTENTIAL OF DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH LOSS OF POWER UNDER HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS - THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE AND AT MINIMUM THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE COMPENSATED TO SOME DEGREE FOR WHAT IS, FOR ALL PRACTICABLE PURPOSE, FAULTY PARTS AND DESIGN PROBLEMS THAT ARE ON GOING. COULD YOU IMAGINE THIS SITUATION HAPPENING TO SOMEONE IN THEIR 80'S - AT NIGHT. *TR

FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY VEHICLE LOST POWER TWICE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME - EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING BUT ALL POWER LOST. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD IN HOPES THE REPAIR WOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY OR VIA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. NO . . . . THIS IS ASTOUNDING TO ME - A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THIS PART ACROSS MULTIPLE FORD MODELS. THIS WAS A $340 REPAIR, FOR A FAULTY PART, AND ONE WHICH PUTS PEOPLE IN POTENTIALLY EXTREME DANGER. PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR INVESTIGATION ASAP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPX 50 MPH AND OUT OF THE BLUE THE CAR BRIEFLY SPUTTERED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I PRESSED THE GAS BUT COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I CRANKED IT BACK UP EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. I CALLED MY FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT FROM THE ROADSIDE AND IMMEDIATELY DROVE IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THE PART WAS BACK ORDERED. LEFT CAR AT FORD BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN ON A ROAD OR HIGHWAY WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OFF. BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 09 FROM THIS DEALERSHIP AND HAVE HAD ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE AT THIS DEALERSHIP. NO MECHANICAL ISSUES UNTIL THIS ONE. DRIVING HABITS ARE NORMAL. *TR

IDENTIFIED AS THROTTLE BOTTLE MALFUNCTION. DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 70MPH AND CAR STALLS OUT. WRENCH SYMBOL COMES UP AND CAR LOOSES ALL ACCELERATION. ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT AND HAD TO SAFELY GET ON THE CURB. CAR CONTINUES TO REV. TURN CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. ALSO TOOK VIDEO OF INCIDENT. THIS HAD OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. HAD FORD INSTALL NEW THROTTLE BODY FOR $400 ON 8/10/13. NO MORE ISSUES AND FORD VERBALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS WAS THE ISSUE. OWN TWO 2009 ESCAPES AND BOTH HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND BOTH HAVE REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. CALLED FORD CONSUMER SERVICE AND THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP THE SITUATION. *TR

THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. THIS IS THE SECOND FORD ESCAPE 2009 THAT I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. BOTH ISSUES OCCURRED WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER. VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL ACCELERATION. WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON AND HAVE TO PUT CAR IN EMERGENCY LANE. I CAN TURN IT OFF AND THEN IT RESTARTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY AT HIGH SPEEDS WITH NO EMERGENCY LANE AVAILABLE. CURRENTLY IN SHOP REPLACING THROTTLE BODY AT FORD DEALER TODAY 9/30 AND COST IS $400. ITS NOT WORTH RISKING MY LIFE OR MY WIFE'S LIFE. ISSUED CONSUMER COMPLAINT WITH FORD. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP REGARDLESS OF THE RISK. *TR

TRAVELING ALONG A RURAL HIGHWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS FORCED TO COAST DANGEROUSLY TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE NEARLY HITTING ME FROM BEHIND DUE TO THE SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED. GAS PEDAL SEEMED TO NOT BE WORKING. ONCE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR HAD AN EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLE. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE RESET, AND GAS PEDAL WORKED AGAIN, BUT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY, DANGEROUSLY AGAIN ALONG AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL - THE SUDDEN DECELERATION IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!! *TR

FUEL SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT APPEARED. REPAIRED BY DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. REAPPEARED SEPTEMBER 16,2013. ADJUSTED . REAPPEARED SEPTEMBER 24,2013 REPLACED FUEL FILLER PIPE. SINCE THIS IS PART OF EMISSION CONTROLS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EMISSION WARRANTY. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN IN A HIGH TRAFFIC METRO AREA AS AN ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. AFTER RESTING ON THE SHOULDER FOR A MINUTE AND SPEAKING WITH ME (HER HUSBAND), I ASKED HER TO TRY AND START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. IT STARTED BACK UP AS NORMAL WITH THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT NOW NOT SHOWING. THE CAR RAN AS NORMAL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME SAFELY. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK A LOOK AT THE CAR, DID SOME RESEARCH, AND DROVE IT AROUND FOR AWHILE. THE CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES UNTIL IT OCCURRED AGAIN. APPARENTLY THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT MEANS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH EITHER THE POWER TRAIN OR THE THROTTLE BOX. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS GEARS AS NORMAL SO I AM LEFT TO BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BOX (AS I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2009 FORD ESCAPE). *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CEASED RESPONDING BECAUSE POWER TO THE ACCELERATOR WAS LOST. THE CAR COASTED TO A STOP ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTART AND DRIVE IN LOW GEAR A SHORT DISTANCE. BUT AFTER ABOUT 300 YARDS, LOW GEAR CEASED TO WORK AS THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY POWER TO THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BACK OFF THE ROAD. I CONSIDER IT FORTUNATE THAT TRAFFIC WAS RELATIVELY LIGHT AND I WAS NOT HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A LINCOLN MERCURY DEALER, WHO ADVISED THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER CODE (P2111) INDICATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS "BAD", AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO BUT REPLACE IT. THEY COULD NOT TELL ME ANY DETAILS AS TO WHAT HAD CAUSED IT TO GO "BAD", AND ADVISED THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO ANY INVESTIGATION AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION. ALL THEY COULD DO WAS SEND THE OLD THROTTLE BODY BACK (PRESUMABLY TO FORD), AND INSTALL A NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FOR AN INSTALLED COST OF $720.24. I COMPLAINED DIRECTLY TO FORD IN DEARBORN, MI (GLOBAL DIRECTOR, AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY OFFICE) BY U.S. MAIL, AND RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL ON 9/5/13 FROM [XXX] AT FORD EXECUTIVE OFFICES ([XXX]). I RETURNED THE CALL AND SHE REQUESTED I SEND A COPY OF MY INVOICE FOR THE THROTTLE BODY INSTALLATION ([XXX]). A FEW DAYS LATER (9/9/13 I BELIEVE) SHE CALLED AND THE BOTTOM LINE WAS ALL FORD WOULD OFFER WAS A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT OF $240, WHICH I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED. SHE ADMITTED NO WRONG (EXCEPT PERHAPS BY INFERENCE OF OFFERING A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT) AND ADVISED FORD COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT I WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE ANOTHER THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

7/30/2013 STARTED UP AFTER STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION. ABOUT HALF A BLOCK LATER, I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THEN IT SPUTTERED, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED ON HAZARD LIGHTS AND TURNED IT OFF. IT STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND PROCEEDED NORMALLY. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT. AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, I ACCELERATED AND THE CAR LOST POWER, THE WRENCH LIT UP AND I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE AGAIN. AGAIN, IT STARTED RIGHT UP. A WEEK LATER, IT DID THE SAME THING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I PUT ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND COASTED TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. IT STARTED UP, BUT DID THE SAME THING AFTER A FEW YARDS. I MADE IT VERY SLOWLY INTO A PARKING LOT AND IT STAYED THERE UNTIL THAT EVENING. WHEN I TRIED IT LATER, IT DIED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I DROVE IT HOME ON THE BACK STREETS LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON LINE, I SAW WHAT OTHERS HAD DONE AND HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THAT WAS 6 DAYS AGO. SO FAR, SO GOOD. HOWEVER, MY CONFIDENCE IS GONE AND I WON'T BE DRIVING IT IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC ANYTIME SOON. *TR

THE CAR WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35MPH AND WITH NO WARNING... I HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND LOST ALL THROTTLE CONTROL. THANK GOODNESS I WAS ON A BACK ROAD WITH NO OTHER CARS. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY OR I WAS PASSING A CAR, HAULING A TRAILER. THE CAR WILL RESET AFTER THE CAR IS OFF FOR A TIME AND WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AS SEVERAL OTHER OF THE FORD PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR BUT MY YEAR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED, YET. I CALLED FORD TO LOOK FOR A RECALL AND I WAS TOLD NONE WERE LISTED BUT THAT SHE TAKES CALLS ALL DAY LONG FOR THIS ISSUE AND COULD EVEN TELL ME THE COST OF THE FIX $500.00 PLUS. *TR

TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 58 DOING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THERE WAS A LUNGE - ACCELERATOR DIDN'T FUNCTION - DRIFTED TO SIDE OF ROAD - VEHICLE WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH. NOTICED THE LITTLE WRENCH WAS LIGHTED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A COUPLE MINUTES - THEN IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THOUGHT IT WAS A GLITCH - APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FURTHER IT DID IT AGAIN. WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS SO I HAD IT TOWED 50 MILES TO MY RESIDENCE. THE NEXT MORNING I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP FROM WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT. TOOK IT IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC - $134.40 ONLY TO BE TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. ON JUNE 22, 2011 DURING EVENING TRAFFIC IT OCCURRED 5 TIMES WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES. THE 5TH TIME I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN - THEY HAD ME BRING IN RIGHT IN. NEXT DAY TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. WELL $406.35 AND TWO YEARS LATER IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. THREE (3) TIMES IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS -FIRST TIME ON THE INTERSTATE - TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH - IN THE RAIN - MADE MY WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - TURNED IT OFF FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AND STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. LAST WEEK ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD AND TODAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF A STORE PARKING LOT. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND HAVE THE VEHICLES RECALLED TO FIX THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER PROBLEM THEY HAVE ADMITTED TO. I AM NOT LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO HAVE THE PARTS REPLACED AGAIN ONLY TO POSSIBLY HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN!! *TR

WHILE EXITING A PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED A FEW MINUTES LATER WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED THE PART.

CAR STARTED SHUTTERING WHILE MAINTAINING A CONSTANT SPEED. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE PART WAS REPLACED.

2009 FORD ESCAPE 40K MILES. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING SLIGHTLY THE IDLE STARTED FLUCTUATING AND THE TACHOMETER STARTED RAPIDLY SPIKING UP AND DOWN AS WELL AS A LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE ALSO IS STALLING. SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING VEHICLE TEMPORARILY FIXES THE PROBLEM. IT WOULD APPEAR IT IS THE SAME THROTTLE BODY ISSUE EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR MY EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED. *JB

I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2009. SUMMER OF 2011, IT STARTED DYING WHEN STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS OR ANY STOPS. IT DID THIS MOSTLY WHEN IT WAS .25 TANK OF GAS OR LESS AND THE WARMER THE WEATHER. I TOOK IT TO THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS TRULY WRONG. WHEN THEY PLUGGED IT IN ALL IT SAYS IS EMISSION PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED SO INCONSISTENTLY IT WAS HARD TO EXPLAIN OR DIAGNOSE. I HAD FORD REPLACE A VAPOR SENSOR OF SOME SORT IN SUMMER OF 2012 WHEN IT WAS DOING IT AGAIN. IT HAS NEVER RAN THE SAME SINCE 2011 WHEN I FIRST HAD PROBLEMS. NOW IT IS LOSING POWER AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD. IT LOSES POWER COMPLETELY, YOU PUSH THE GAS AND THERE IS NOTHING AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER OR LET IT ROLL TO A STOP AND IT JERKS OR DIES. I AM TAKING IT TO FORD SERVICE TOMORROW AND ONCE IT IS FIXED I AM TRADING IT IN AND NOT BUYING ANOTHER FORD AGAIN. *JB

RUNNING DOWN HWY AT AND CAR STALLED . MADE IT TO SIDE OF ROAD. SAT THERE 10 MIN STARTED AGAIN AND MADE IT HOME. *TR

[XXX] I WAS DRIVING 25-30 MPH WHEN MOTOR WENT TO IDLE, GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK AND NO POWER TO TRANSMISSION. THIS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST WRECK. MY FAST THINKING SAVED MY LIFE. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE PLACE IN A MAJOR INTERSECTION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE AND THROTTLE BECAME NO RESPONSIVE. HAD TO PERFORM EVASIVE MANEUVERS WITHOUT POWER TO SAFELY PULL OVER. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT HIT. AFTER CALLING THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD LIKELY NEED TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT OVER $600. THIS ISSUE HAS BECOME WORSE IN ONLY A FEW DAYS AND OCCURS AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS. RESEARCH ON THE WEB LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND I AM CONCERNED FOR SAFETY OF DRIVERS WITH ALL THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70 MPH THE RPM DROPPED TO APPROX. 900RPM. PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. A INDICATOR LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON IT IS THE SHAPE OF A WRENCH. I HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. AFTER I PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE. I WENT BACK ONTO THE ROAD AND DROVE APPROX. 12 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I REPEATED WHAT I HAD DONE EARLIER AND THE VEHICLE WAS OK AGAIN. I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND I MADE IT AROUND 8 MILES AND I HAD ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, AGAIN I REPEATED THE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT AGAIN STARTED AND RAN OK. THEN I MADE IT HOME! *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND WAS LUCKILY ON A FRONTAGE ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY MY 2009 ESCAPE WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWN THE HILL AND TURN OFF ONTO A SIDE ROAD. THE WRENCH SYMBOL LIT UP AND MY CAR SPUTTERED AND SHOOK. I SAID A PRAYER, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. I DROVE IT ABOUT A MILE DOWN SIDE STREETS TO TRY AND GET IT TO MY MECHANIC, BUT IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SAID ANOTHER PRAYER, STARTED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE A/C AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC W/OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THEY SAID THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS AND SINCE THE PARTS ARE EXPENSIVE, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO REPLACE THE PART AND NOT HAVE THAT FIX THE ISSUE, SO I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK ($75) AND HAVE IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP. I DIDN'T DARE TRY TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FEAR THAT IT WOULD DIE ON THE WAY THERE AND SINCE THE DEALERSHIP IS LOCATED OFF OF HIGHWAY 75 IN MCKINNEY, I COULDN'T RISK IT DYING ON SUCH A BUSY HIGHWAY W/ MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WITH ME. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED AND SAID IT'S AN ISSUE W/ THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. MY CAR ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 58,000 MILES ON IT. AS A SINGLE DIVORCED MOM WHO IS STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, IT MAKES ME VERY UPSET THAT I HAVE TO SPEND MY HARD EARNED MONEY ($674) ON FIXING SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING ISSUE W/ THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE TO NOT HAVE A RELIABLE VEHICLE WHEN THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. I AM NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RELY ON LUCK AND HAVE TO WORRY AND STRESS EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR THAT IT WILL DIE ON ME. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET THIS ISSUE FIXED AS PART OF A RECALL B/C IT IS OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE AND LOTS OF FORD ESCAPE OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. *TR

MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT (THIS IS MY THIRD ESCAPE, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EVER CAUSED ME ANY PROBLEM) HAS NEVER ACCELERATED AS IT SHOULD, FROM THE DAY I DROVE IT NEW OFF OF THE LOT. IT HAS ALWAYS HESITATED, LURCHED, LUNGED, JERKED; MOST FREQUENTLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP OR A ROLLING STOP. IT HAD NEVER "LIMPED" UNTIL AT APPROXIMATELY 50K MILES, WHEN THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED TWICE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX. 50MPH (WRENCH SYMBOL LIT UP). AFTER HAVING THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BY MY DEALER IN LATE JUNE-EARLY JULY 2013, THE LUNGING, JERKING, HESITATING CONTINUED. ON 8/8/13, WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A ROLLING STOP, THE VEHICLE DIED WHILE ATTEMPTING A "MICHIGAN LEFT" ONTO A 4-LANE HIGHWAY (THIS TIME THE BATTERY LIGHT AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON). IF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC HAD NOT BEEN GREEN, I WAS AT RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY SEVERAL VEHICLES TRAVELING AT RATES OF SPEED UP TO 70MPH. I WAS ABLE TO LET THE VEHICLE ROLL BACK INTO THE TURN LANE; TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON; BUT ACCELERATION IS STILL NOT OPERATING AS IT SHOULD. THE RPMS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM DRIVING A "DEATH TRAP". THIS IS A VERY URGENT ISSUE AND MUST BE ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED BY FORD SWIFTLY AND AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $600 TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED (INCLUDING A RENTAL VEHICLE). THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT SATISFACTORILY REPAIRED AT NO COST TO ME WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TAKE IT TO MY DEALER AGAIN (I'M CONSIDERING HAVING IT TOWED BECAUSE I'M SO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT), I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE. *TR

CAR DID NOT DIE, BASICALLY JUMPED A BIT AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 2 OR 3 MPH AS I PRESSED GAS PEDAL- WRENCH CHECK LIGHT CAME ON- HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART - THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 2 TIMES YESTERDAY 8/9/2013-- NO ACCIDENT AS OF YET BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON HE INTERSTATE AT 73 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER, WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, AND ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE RUNNING, THERE WAS NO ACTION I COULD TAKE OTHER THAN TO PULL OFF THE ROADWAY, TURN OFF THE CAR AND WAIT. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES, I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART, WHICH IT DID, BUT RAN ROUGH AT IDLE. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES LONGER, RESTARTED AND IT PERFORMED NORMALLY FOR ABOUT TEN MILES. THEN IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING OVER AGAIN. LAST YEAR, IN MY WIFE'S 2010 FORD ESCAPE, THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND PAID $541.00 (THE REQUESTED FACTORY ASSISTANCE WAS REFUSED). BOTH PROBLEMS ARE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY PROBLEM OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AT IDLE WAITING FOR A LIGHT TO CHANGE, OR WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. NO POWER, PULL OFF THE ROAD, AND WAIT TO RESTART. *TR

I AM SO STRESSED ! I WAS DRIVING SATURDAY MORNING JULY 27, 2013, ON RT 287 SOUTH IN MORRIS COUNTY. NJ . MY HUSBAND AND I WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THIS VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE- OUR 2009 FORD ESCAPE DID NOT ACCELERATE- IT STALLED OUT AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. THE WRENCH LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD AND WE HAD TO PRAY THAT WE COULD COAST OVER TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN TO THE SHOULDER WHILE TRUCKS WERE ZOOMING BY. WE CALLED AAA FOR A TOW TO THE LOCAL GARAGE. AT LOCAL GARAGE, VEHICLE WAS KEPT FOR 9 DAYS, TEST DRIVING IT, BUT HAD NO INCIDENTS BECAUSE WRENCH LIGHT NEVER WENT BACK ON. WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT FORD WHERE I PURCHASED VEHICLE .I CALLED FORD.THEY COULD NOT SEE ME FOR ANOTHER WEEK. I DROVE VEHICLE DOING ERRANDS- 2 DAYS LATER AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN- TRUCK SPUTTERS AND DIES UPON ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT GOES ON AGAIN. I NOW HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF A BUSY MAIN ROAD AND COAST INTO AN EXIT ONLY SHOPPING CENTER, PRAYING I DO NOT HAVE A HEAD ON COLLISION. I SPOKE TO FRIEND WHO ADVISED ME TO COME TO THIS WEB SITE. LO AND BEHOLD- OVER 350 COMPLAINTS DESCRIBING THE SAME EXPERIENCE I HAD! THIS WAS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE MODEL. I CALLED FORD AGAIN, BEGGING FOR AN EARLIER APPOINTMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT IF I WANTED TO RENT A CAR AT MY EXPENSE I COULD COME IN. THEY WERE OUT OF LONERS! ( A CAR DEALER-REALLY? ) I WAITED FOR APPOINTMENT, MEANWHILE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON PERMANENTLY 2 DAYS LATER. NOW I AM PETRIFIED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE WITH THE FEAR IT IS GOING TO DROP DEAD ! SHOWED ALL INFO FROM THIS SITE TO FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN WARRANTY OR A RECALL. IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY - IT COST ME $567.10 FOR PART AND LABOR PLUS TAX = $606.80. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS- VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THIS PART FAULTING OUT! AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. I AM ANGRY! *TR

THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THEN I STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT MY VEHICLE CONTINUED SLOWING DOWN. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD & PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MY DESTINATION. IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON AUG. 2ND, 3RD AND 5TH, 2013. WHEN IT HAPPENED ON AUG. 5TH I WAS A BLOCK FROM HOME AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THAT TIME. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN & THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON SO I TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME & PARKED IT. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP & THEY PICKED IT UP AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

CAME OFF FREEWAY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AFTER DOING 70 MPH. STOPPED. TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR. WENT TO ACCELERATE AND SEVERE HESITATION. HAVE ALSO HAD MANY TIMES WHERE ACCELERATING WITH VEHICLE AND IT WILL HESITATE AND THEN SURGE. *TR

AFTER USE AND PARK, THE ESCAPE 2009 4 CYL. DO NOT START. SEVERAL TIMES IN BETWEEN WEEKS WITH THIS TROUBLE. SEVERAL HOURS LATER, START AS NOTHING OCCUR. IN AN ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSTIC, SENT A CODE: 1260 AND 1681. STARTER IS GOOD AND ELECTRONIC IGNITION WAS RECENTLY CHANGED THINKING WILL STOP THE INCIDENTS BUT WITHOUT RESOLVING THE ISSUE. WHEN THE VEHICLE DO THE TROUBLE, THE ANTITHEFT ICON KEEP BLINKING IN THE KEY ON POSITION. I CHANGED THE MAIN KEY FOR THE COPY AND KEEP DOING THE TROUBLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN THE CAR FEELS AS THOUGH IT'S ABOUT TO STALL. I IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN TO PULL OVER, TURN THE CAR OFF, LET IT SIT FOR A MOMENT THEN START IT BACK UP. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN UNTIL I TOOK IT INTO A GARAGE TO FIND OUT I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE RT, SPEED LIMIT 55MPH AT 9PM, NO LIGHTING ALONG RT, ACCELERATING TO KEEP UP SPEED GOING UP A HILL, THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. PULLING OVER TO MY RIGHT (OFF THE ROAD ) PUTTING ON MY FLASHERS, WAS NOW AT A COMPLETE STOP WAS HIT IN REAR LEFT DOING DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND THE CAR THAT HIT ME.THE CAR THAT HIT ME LEFT THE SEEN OF THE ACCIDENT. NO WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.TOWED CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND HAD FIXED, INTERNAL THROTTLE BODY FAILURE, LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT NO RESPONSE (NO ACCELERATION) TRIED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND STILL HAD NO RESPONSE AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON A SIDE STREET; HOWEVER, THIS WAS POTENTIALLY EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HAD IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON A FREEWAY OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ONCE I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT, EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AGAIN. TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO THEN HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WAS ON BACK ORDER DUE TO THIS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK WE LOSE ACCELERATION AND PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOTHING. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW 4 TIMES. THE IDLE SITS BETWEEN 800 & 1100 RPMS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT PINE LAKE FORD IN LAPORTE, INDIANA AND THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $383. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECALL PROBLEM WHEN I INVESTIGATED IT. WE ARE AFRAID THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT GIVEN THE FACT MOST OF OUR DRIVING IS HIGHWAY DRIVING. WHY ISN'T FORD OWNING UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND RECALL THIS PART? DOES SOMEONE NEED TO BE HURT OR BE KILLED BEFORE FORD TAKES ACTION? *TR

VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED DECELERATING AT A RAPID PACE. I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH, AND THE GAS PEDAL SUDDENLY SEEMED TO STOP SENDING GAS TO THE ENGINE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND COAST TO A STOP. THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY MY LIFETIME WARRANTY AND IS GOING TO COST ME OVER $600 IN TOWING, PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH. THE GAS PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT THE CAR WAS GETTING NO POWER. LUCKILY THE FREEWAY WAS NOT CROWDED AND WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE PEDAL SEEMED TO BE WORKING. BUT 30 MILES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 3 WEEKS. *TR

DUE TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO ATTEMPTS TO KEEP SPEED. ENGINE DID IDLE PROVIDING POWER STEERING AND BRAKE OPERATION. ENGINE WAS SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED AND VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP. ON WAY TO SHOP, FAILURE OCCURRED ON BUSY 4 LANE STREET AT 45 MPH. GETTING TO SHOULDER WAS AWKWARD BUT SUCCESSFUL. PARTS TOOK 11 DAYS TO GET TO DEALER SERVICE. *TR

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ON MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE FAILED CAUSING MY CAR TO STALL AT A HIGH SPEED AND PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

DRIVING ON SUBDIVISION STREET AND LOST OF GASOLINE TO ENGINE. THE ENGINE DIDN'T KILL. THE CAR REDUCED SPEED TO 1 MPH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON I55 IN CHICAGO GOING 60 MPH THE GAS PEDDLE WENT SOFT. THERE WAS NO ACCRETION, I WAS FORCE TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN ON AND IT RAN FINE FOR 20 MILES THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, AND THEN AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS TO HAVE A REPLACEMENT PART. *TR

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE - 2009 FORD ESCAPE [XXX] FIRST TIME: DRIVING 35 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOTHING...NO POWER, NO ACCELERATION. LUCKILY I WAS NOT REAR ENDED WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I HAD TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT, SHUT OFF THE TRUCK FOR 5 MINUTES, RESTART AND DROVE HOME WHICH WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE AWAY. NEXT DAY RAN OKAY, NEXT DAY NO POWER, NO ACCELERATION. TOOK TO DEALER ON JUNE 7, 2013 AND THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND GAS FUEL INDUCTION FLUSH BECAUSE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR REPLACEMENT. SECOND/THIRD TIME: LEAVING FOR VACATION. GOT ABOUT 5 MILES FROM HOME AND NOTHING, NO POWER, NO ACCELERATION. COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE CAR LURCHED...LUCKILY I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THE TRUCK IS STILL THERE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PART TO FIX IT. IT HAS BEEN PARKED AT THE DEALERSHIP WAITING FOR THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY PART TO FIX THE ISSUE FOR OVER A WEEK. SO FAR I HAVE SPEND $278.37 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND GAS FUEL INDUCTION FLUSH AND STILL HAVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE DUE TO AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. FORD YOU NEED TO FIX THIS AND REIMBURSE OUR EXPENSES RELATED TO THIS DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAD GONE OF THE GAS, THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING AT ABOUT 5MILES/H, ENGINE RUNNING, TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I WANTED TO ACCELERATE. I STEPPED ON THE GAS, THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. ALL ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON SIMILAR TO WHEN YOU INITIALLY INSERT THE KEY BEFORE STARTING THE CAR. THE ESCAPE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRESENT, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OVERHEATING, IT HAD BEEN SERVICED AND HAD NO PRIOR ISSUES. AFTER PUTTING IT BACK INTO PARK I WAS THEN ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES AND CONTINUE DRIVING. THIS FIRST HAPPENED IN JANUARY AND HAS SINCE OCCURRED TWICE AGAIN IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, SLOW ROLLING AND THEN STALLING AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE. *TR

DRIVING IN TOWN AND IT JUST HAD NOTHING... PUSHED ON ACCELERATOR AND IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. CAR DID NOT STALL OUT, SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BUT DIDN'T. STILL HAD ALL POWER JUST WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN GIVING IT GAS. ***TOOK TO MECHANIC ERROR NUMBER SHOWS BAD THROTTLE BODY PART*** *TR

WIFE WAS COMING HOME FORM WORK; SHE WAS IN THE PARKING, SUDDENLY THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SURGED THEN HAD NO POWER, PRESSING GAS PEDDLE DID NOTHING, SHE THOUGHT THE CAR STALLED AND COULD NOT RESTART IT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF WAITING SHE STARTED IT BACK UP AND THE THROTTLE RESPONDED, SO SHE CONTINUED TO PICK UP OUR KIDS. ONCE SHE WAS ON THE ROAD TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. HER FATHER WAS FOLLOWING HER, AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF WAITING, THEY WHERE ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE THE DRIVE. HER FATHER DROVE THE CAR THE REST OF THE DISTANCE AND, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. FORTUNATELY IN ALL 3 SITUATIONS THEY WHERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND OFF THE ROAD. CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK AWAITING FOR A NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WHICH APPARENTLY IS ON MAJOR BACK ORDER. ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT OUR FORD DEALER BUT WAS GREETED WITH LESS THEN FRIENDLY CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THE SERVICE CENTER. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND REPAIR IS GOING TO BE OVER $325 (QUOTED) IF OUR REPAIR SHOP CAN GET THE PART. MY WIFE AND MYSELF ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS THE PROBLEM HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND HAPPENED ON A VERY BUSY STREET, FORTUNATELY NO ONE REAR ENDED HER. AT THAT TIME WE HAD FORD TOW THE CAR TO THEIR SERVICE CENTER AND INSPECT THE CAR, THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS FOUND AND NO SERVICE CODES, AND RETURNED THE CAR BACK TO US AS IS. *TR

APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO, WHILE SLOWING TO MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE ALL POWER; NO ACCELERATION, ETC. I MANAGED TO GET ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED, EXCEPT THIS TIME THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING AND SHAKING EXTREMELY HARD. AGAIN, I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (FORTUNATELY NO VOLUME OF TRAFFIC), PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, TURNED ENGINE OFF, AND RESTARTED - WRENCH LIGHT GONE AND ALL SEEMED OK. TWO DAYS AGO, SAME THING HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHIN A TWO MILE TRIP, AGAIN FORTUNATELY NO TRAFFIC VOLUME. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND NO SURPRISE IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. I SEE THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD, AND POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. *TR

P2111 ERROR PER COMPUTER - THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND ENGINE SHAKES VIOLENTLY, FEELS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL, BUT DOES NOT. NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. PROBLEM HAS NOW HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 DAYS. *TR

ON 10/19/2013 AFTER PICKING UP MY CAR FOR THE 3RD TIME AT FORD FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH , VEHICLE LOST POWER, ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH TURNED ON INCLUDING A WRENCH SYMBOL. I TOOK IT TO BACK TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE THEY KEPT IT AND STATED IT WAS REPAIRED, THE SECOND INCIDENT WAS ON 06/10/2013 WHERE I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 55MPH. THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WHERE NOT AWARE I HAD LOST POWER CAUSING A BACK UP UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. FORD SAYS ITS A THROTTLE PROBLEM WHICH IS NOW NOT COVERED BECAUSE I AM NOW OVER 60K MILES, THEREFORE I HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CIRCUIT BOARD FAILED (FORD MECHANIC'S DIAGNOSIS) WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR HAD BEEN HAVING CONSTANT SPEED SURGES WHILE DRIVING IN 3-4 GEAR POWERBAND AND WAS SERVICED. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER WHEN THE THROTTLE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. FORD IS REPLACING THE TB ASSEMBLY WITH WHAT I FEAR IS THE EXACT SAME PART; WEEK AND A HALF WAIT FOR THE PART, NO LONER CAR, NO WARRANTY COVERAGE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN MY CAR JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT NOTHING WOULD WORK. THE ELECTRONICS IN THE CAR WERE STILL WORKING. *TR

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR. IT CONSTANTLY WILL CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT ALSO TO JERK FORWARD AFTER IT IS PUT INTO DRIVE FROM A PARKED POSITION. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO SUNRISE FORD DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS OVER 6 MONTHS. AND EVERY TIME THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AND SAY THAT IT DOES NOT DO THAT WHEN THEY TEST DRIVE IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS MORE, I HAVE NOTICED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON. I JUST WANT MY CAR FIX. I HAVE A TODDLER AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY KNOWING THAT MY CAR COULD STOP AT ANY MOMENT. PLEASE HELP. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING TO BILOXI MI TO THE VA CLINIC FROM PACE FL AND WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE VA CLINIC ON SUNDAY TO GET OUR HOTEL OUR CAR STARTED HESITATING. WHEN WE LEFT TO GO TO THE HOTEL WE WAS GOING ABOUT 40 COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT AND MY WIFE LOST THE THROTTLE AND A WRENCH SHOWED ON THE DASH. WE HAD NO GAS PEDAL SO I TOLD HER TO LET IT COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN IT OFF. IT CRANKED UP WENT A MILE AND DONE THE SAME THING SO HERE WE ARE STUCK IN MISSISSIPPI WITH NO CAR. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON 8 OCCASIONS IN RAPID SUCCESSION. IN ALL INSTANCES, I AM DRIVING ALONG AS USUAL, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY ACCELERATOR BECOMES NON-RESPONSIVE. THE CAR IS STILL RUNNING, BUT I AM QUICKLY LOSING SPEED, I CANNOT ACCELERATE, AND THE ENGINE DOES NOT REV WHEN I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR. I MUST STOP THE CAR, PUT IT IN PARK, TURN IT OFF, AND RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM AND CONTINUE DRIVING. SIMPLY PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, TURNING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT WILL NOT REMEDY THE SITUATION. *TR

I ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND IN APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET THE ACCELERATOR STOP WORKING. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY IDLE AT A SLOW PACE. I STOPPED THE CAR, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AT THAT TIME AND I CONTINUED ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO AN IDLE. I REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE, STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AGAIN AND I CONTINUED ON 10 MILES AND MADE IT HOME. THE NEXT AVAILABLE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I EXPERIENCED (2) OF THE SAME SCENERIOS LISTED ABOVE ALONG MY 6 MILE ROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER (2) DAYS THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY WITH A $574 PRICE TAG TO REPAIR. THE SERVICE PERSON STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL ITEM. SHE THEN STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON A "NATIONAL BACKORDER" AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER MONTH. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT!! I HAVE READ SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME TYPE OF ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER FORD ESCAPES, VARYING YEARS AND WAS SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN, HEADED TOWARD HOME AT APPROIMATELY 11:00 PM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I HAD LOST POWER TRYING TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC OR WAS ON A MUCH BUSIER HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HOPE OTHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS WEBSITE. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE IS NOTHING. THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING BUT GIVING IT GAS WILL NOT HELP IT TO MOVE. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND PULL OFF ROAD. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART. THIS WORKS BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. NOW IT JUST SHUTS DOWN SPORADICALLY. I CANNOT BE SURE WHEN OR WHERE IT WILL HAPPEN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD) AND I AM WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY. I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY WHERE I HAVE MY LOAN AND THEY SAID EVEN IF THE PART IS DEFECTIVE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTIES. *TR

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM DAY ONE. CURRENTLY THE BIG ISSUE IS THE THROTTLE BODY (WHICH I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE FORD ESCAPES). ALSO THE MASS AIR FLOW SYSTEM, HEATING/AIR, AND SECURITY SYSTEM (ALSO IT HAS A PROBLEM NOT STARTING---NOT SURE IF THAT'S ALSO THROTTLE BODY). IS THIS BEING RECALLED? *TR

I HAD TO GET THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED ON MY 2009 ESCAPE BECAUSE THE CAR ENGINE WOULD DISENGAGE AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STOP WORKING. THE CAR WOULD COAST TO A STOP AND I WOULD HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND CUT IT BACK ON TO GET IT TO RE-ENGAGE. THIS HAPPENED EVER COUPLE OF DAYS FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAS HAD MY CAR FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND CLAIMS THAT THERE WAS A BAD PRODUCTION BATCH THAT CAUSED A NATIONAL BACKLOG OF PARTS. THE CALL CENTER HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE AND FORD IS CLAIMING THAT I HAVE TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR THE PART EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR NEARLY A MONTH. *TR

REPEATED INCIDENTS OF STALLING AND ENGINE SURGING. NO WARNING SIGNS PRIOR TO THE INITIAL FAILURE OR PRIOR TO SUBSEQUENT FAILURES. *TR

2009 FORD ESCAPE WITH 69,282 MILES SPONTANEOUSLY GOES INTO LIMP MODE, CAUSING DECELERATION IN TRAFFIC. CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL IT IS STOPPED, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF, AND FUEL PUMP RESTART BUTTON PUSHED. THE CAR WILL THEN START AND CAN BE DRIVEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 TIMES NOW IN THE PAST 12-18 MONTHS. IT HAS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED (60-70 MPH), CITY SPEEDS (35-40 MPH), AND TODAY AT 15 MPH GOING DOWN MY STREET. IT HAS HAPPENED EACH TIME DRIVING ON SMOOTH, PAVED ROADS. ONE INCIDENT WAS DRIVING HOME AT APPROX. 6:45 PM ON SMOOTH, PAVED RURAL HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AFTER 15-20 MINUTES DRIVING. HAD TO CALL TOW TRUCK AND HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. ONE INCIDENT WAS NOV 2012 WHILE DRIVING ON SMOOTH, PAVED HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 60 MPH AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 2 HOURS. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCES WERE 4-4-13 AT 6:45 PM AFTER DRIVING 55-60 MPH FOR 20 MINUTES ON PAVED ROAD. NEXT INCIDENT 4/5/13 AT 11:30 A.M. DRIVING 15 MPH ON RESIDENTIAL STREET, ENGINE COLD. TODAY THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND DESPITE STOPPING THE CAR, PUSHING THE FUEL PUMP RESET, AND RESTARTING THE CAR, IT STILL WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND CANNOT BE DRIVEN. I WILL NOW HAVE TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND, ACCORDING TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, REPAIRS PAID FOR AT MY EXPENSE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO RECALL AND THERE NEEDS TO BE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT HAS GENERATED MANY COMPLAINTS. THE SITUATION IS UNACCEPTABLE AND MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR ON THE INTERSTATE. AN UNRELIABLE CAR IS NOT WORTH OWNING. THIS IS MY FIRST FORD AND IT WILL BE MY LAST. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD. *TR

THE CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN. IT STARTED AND THEN STALLED AGAIN. WHEN TESTED BY MY MECHANIC THE CODE CAME UP AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY I HAD HIM REPLACE THE PARTS AND HAD TO PAY $300.00 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

ON 3/29/12 I WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED WORKING, ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND I HAD NO POWER. I PULLED TO THE SIDE, LUCKILY NO ONE WAS NEAR ME, AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO COME OVER AND WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I DROVE IT TO THE FORD DEALER SERVICE CENTER AND THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT WAS DEFECTIVE. SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY I HAD TO PAY. IN DECEMBER 2012 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND AFTER SEVERAL TIMES I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY (THEY ARE NEVER SURE) THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE. I PAID FOR A REPLACEMENT AGAIN. IN FEBRUARY 2013 AFTER 2 REPLACEMENTS IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. OF COURSE THEY CANNOT TELL FOR SURE IF IT IS A BAD THROTTLE BODY SO I NOW HAVE A RECORDING DEVICE ATTACHED TO MY CAR SO IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I CAN PRESS THE BUTTON AND IT WILL RECORD WHAT THE ENGINE WAS DOING. MAYBE THEY WON'T HAVE TO GUESS AGAIN?? MY LIFE IS ON THE LINE EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, NOT THEIRS, NOT FORD'S. IS FORD WAITING FOR A FATALITY BEFORE THEY DO SOMETHING? *TR

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON BUSY 4 LANE CITY STREET VEHICLE JUST STOPPED RUNNING. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO CENTER LEFT TURN LANE BRINGING VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED INERTIA SWITCH. CONCERN IS IF FUEL SHUT OFF SWITCH (INERTIA SWITCH) HAD FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES IT IS ANY ONES GUESS WHAT THE OUTCOME MAY HAVE BEEN. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, SUDDEN START OR SUDDEN STOP TO CAUSE THE SWITCH TO FAIL. *TR